1. JC Penney Golf Classic - 1998
2. Mashonaland defeat England in first-class tour match - 1996
3. 6th Billboard Music Awards - 1995
4. Michael Jackson collapses while rehearsing for an HBO special - 1995
5. Maltese Falcon auctioned for $398,590 - 1994
6. Orange County California files for bankruptcy - 1994
7. Warner Brothers announces a 5th TV network to begin on Jan 11, 1995 - 1994
8. Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 5 km 7:13.29 - 1993
9. 300,000 hindus destroy mosque of Babri India, 4 die - 1992
10. 81st Davis Cup: USA beats Switzerland in Fort Worth (3-1) - 1992
11. Dottie Mochrie/Dan Forsmann wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic - 1992
12. San Francisco Giants renig on $43 million pact with Barry Bonds - 1992
13. SF 49er Jerry Rice catches NFL record 101st touchdown - 1992
14. "Les Miserables" opens at Circustheater, Scheveningen - 1991
15. "Star Trek VI-Undiscovered Country" premieres - 1991
16. NHL grants conditional membership to Tampa Bay Lightning - 1990
17. Saddam anounces release of all foriegn hostages - 1990
18. Shoeless Joe Jackson's signature is sold for $23,100 - 1990
19. Mafia drug kingpin bombs security force at Bogota, kills 52 - 1989
20. Worst Canadian mass murder: Marc Lepine kills 14 women at U Montreal - 1989
21. Agnes Neil Williams purchases Baltimore Orioles for $70 million Eli Jacobs becomes CEO of Baltimore Orioles - 1988
22. Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden - 1988
23. Carlos Andres Perez re-elected president of Venezuela - 1988
24. Merv Hughes takes 13 wickets vs. WI at the WACA but Australia lose - 1988
25. Milwaukee Bucks win their 1,000th NBA game (2nd fastest) - 1988
26. Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown - 1988
27. STS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission - 1988
28. 3 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun" - 1987
29. Christa Rothenburger skates female world record 500m (39.39 sec) - 1987
30. Jane Crafter/Steve Jones wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic - 1987
31. 52nd Heisman Trophy Award: Vinny Testaverde, Miami Florida (QB) - 1986
32. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1986
33. France performs nuclear test - 1984
34. Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage - 1984
35. A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis - 1983
36. 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland - 1982
37. Bomb attack on Londonderry, North Ireland disco, 17 killed - 1982
38. Sen Ted and Joan Kennedy divorce - 1982
39. Rob de Castella of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:18 - 1981
40. Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn - 1980
41. NASA launches Intelsat V - 1980
42. Spain adopts constitution - 1978
43. South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence - 1977
44. War criminal Pieter Menten arrested in Zurich - 1976
45. 41st Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB) - 1975
46. Sen Robert Dole and Elizabeth Hanford marry - 1975
47. George Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" - 1974
48. Bahrain's constitution goes into effect - 1973
49. Gerald Ford sworn-in as 1st unelected VP, succeeds Spiro T Agnew - 1973
50. NL votes to move San Diego Padres to Washington D.C. (doesn't happen) - 1973
51. Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice - 1971
52. Cleve Cavaliers 1st NBA home victory, beating Buffalo Braves 108-106 - 1970
53. 300,000 attend Altamont California rock concert feature Rolling Stones - 1969
54. "Buck White" closes at George Abbott Theater New York City after 7 performances - 1969
55. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test - 1969
56. Baseball dismisses Commissioner William Eckert after 3 years - 1968
57. PBA National Championship won by Wayne Zahn - 1968
58. WKID (WSCV) TV channel 51 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast - 1968
59. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R. - 1967
60. Polio vaccination becomes obligatory in Belgium - 1966
61. 2 trucks crashed into a crowd of dancers (Sotouboua Togo) kills 125 - 1965
62. KTVR TV channel 13 in La Grande, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1964
63. President Segni of Italy resigns - 1964
64. Beatles begin a tradition of releasing a Christmas record for fans - 1963
65. Test Cricket debut of Graeme Pollock at the Gabba - 1963
66. US abandons Skybolt balastic missile program - 1962
67. 27th Heisman Trophy Award: Ernie Davis, Syracuse (HB) - 1961
68. AL grants Gene Autry a franchise, LA Angels - 1960
69. U.S. lunar probe Pioneer 3 reaches 107,269 km, falls back - 1958
70. 1st U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails - Vanguard rocket blows up - 1957
71. AFL-CIO votes to expel Teamsters (readmitted in October 1987) - 1957
72. Indonesia begins nationalizing Dutch possessions - 1957
73. "Happy Hunting" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 413 performances - 1956
74. Nelson Mandela and 156 others arrested for political activities in South Africa - 1956
75. NY psychologist Joyce Brothers won "$64,000 Question" on boxing - 1955
76. Simone de Beauvoir receives Prix Goncourt - 1954
77. Brown's Lou "Toe" Groza kicks 8 PATs, beating Giants 62-14 - 1953
78. Czech government tells Israeli ambassador, he's persona non grata - 1952
79. Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mirabile illud - 1950
80. US 95th Infantry division reaches Westwall - 1944
81. Queen Wilhelmina announces Dutch Commonwealth - 1942
82. RAF bombs Philips factory (150 die) - 1942
83. Dutch and British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore - 1941
84. King Leopold of Belgium marries Lilian Baels - 1941
85. New York City Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens - 1941
86. Gestapo arrest German resistance fighter/poster artist Helen Ernst - 1940
87. Pietro Badoglio resigns as viceroy of Ethiopia - 1940
88. 5th Heisman Trophy Award: Nile Kinnick, Iowa (HB) - 1939
89. Cole Porter's musical "Du Barry was a Lady," premieres in New York City - 1939
90. 117 Spanish knights under capt Piet Laros return to Netherlands - 1938
91. French/German non-attack treaty drawn (Ribbentrop-Bonnet Pact) - 1938
92. Ban on James Joyce' "Ulysses" in U.S., lifted - 1933
93. 18th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Balmy Beach defeat Regina Roughriders, 11-6 - 1930
94. Pablo Neruda marries Marie A Hagenaar Vogelzang in Batavia - 1930
95. Turkey introduces female suffrage - 1929
96. Italy, Britain and Egypt sign Jaghbub accord (Italy) - 1925
97. Record 73,000 pay to watch Chicago Bears beat New York Giants 19-7 - 1925
98. 1st presidential address broadcast on radio (President Calvin Coolidge) - 1923
99. 1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation - 1922
100. 1st electric power line commercial carrier in U.S., Utica, New York - 1922
101. Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland - 1921
102. Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day) - 1917
103. French munition ship "Mont Blanc" explodes in Halifax, kills 1,700 - 1917
104. German army under Gen Mackensen occupies Bucharest - 1916
105. German troops over run Lodz - 1914
106. White Sox beat Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo - 1913
107. China votes for universal human rights - 1912
108. Coal mine explosions in Monongah, WV, kills 361 - 1907
109. Theodore Roosevelt confirms Monroe-doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary) - 1904
110. Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders - 1903
111. D T Suzuki found the awakening at Engakuji temple, in Kamakura - 1896
112. Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Wash, DC - 1884
113. Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit - 1882
114. 1st sound recording made (Thomas Edison) - 1877
115. Washington Post publishes 1st edition - 1877
116. 1st crematorium in U.S. begins operation, Washington, Penn - 1876
117. City of Anaheim incorporated for 2nd time - 1876
118. US Electorial College picks Rep Hayes as President (although Tilden won) - 1876
119. 44th Congress (1875-77) convenes - 1875
120. 1st international football game in US: Yale 2, Eton (England) 1 - 1873
121. Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Representatives (SC) - 1870
122. Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed - 1866
123. 13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery - 1865
124. Battle of Deveaux's Neck, SC - 1864
125. President Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians - 1862
126. Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland - 1849
127. Opera "La Damnation de Faust" is produced (Paris) - 1846
128. Amsterdam-Utrecht railway opens - 1843
129. Robert Schumann's 4th Symphony in D, premieres - 1841
130. HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de la Plata - 1833
131. President John Adams suggests establishment of a U.S. observatory - 1825
132. Veterinary school in Utrecht opens - 1822
133. US president James Monroe re-elected - 1820
134. Congress meets in Philadelphia, new temporary U.S. capital - 1790
135. Laurens Pieter van de Speigel appointed Dutch pension advisor - 1787
136. 1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland) - 1768
137. British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India - 1756
138. Bonnie Prince Charlies army retreats to Scotland - 1745
139. 1st play in American colonies acted by professional players, New York City - 1732
140. Emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctie declares Constitution - 1723
141. Pride's Purge: Thomas Pride prevents 96 presbyterians from sitting in English parliament - 1648
142. Don Francisco de Mello appointed land guardian of South Netherlands - 1641
143. 1st predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed - 1631
144. Quito, Ecuador founded by Spanish - 1534
145. Pope Clemens VII fleas to Orvieto - 1527
146. Haiti discovered by Columbus, at Mole Saint Nicolas - 1492
147. King Charles VIII of France marries Anna of Bretagne - 1491
148. Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews - 1424
149. Mongols under Batu Khan occupy and destroy Kiev - 1240
150. Northern Dutch coast flooded, "Saint-Nicolaas Flood" - 1196
151. Jean Bodels "Jeu de St. Nicholas," premieres in Arras - 1160
152. Leo VIII elected Pope - 0963
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